Fastening device.



No. 635,858.v Patented Oct. 3|, I899.

P. F. KING.

FASTENING DEVICE.

(Application filed June 1, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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PHINEAS F. KING, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO THE KING FASTENER COMPANY.

FASTENING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 635,858, dated October31, 1899.

Application filed June 1,1893. Serial No. 682,285. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known thatI, PHINEAS F. KING, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Inlprovements in Fastening Devices, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for fastening separated parts orarticles together through the medium of a rope or cord-such devices, forinstance, as are employedin fastening the opposite sides of shoes,gloves, and the like together, and also in fastening clothes-lines toposts, awnings to buildings, &c.

The prominent objects of my invention are to provide a neat, simple,efficient, and inexpensive fastener of the kind mentioned, to arrangefor the rapid attachment and detachment of the cord or rope thereto, andto arrange for the secure holding of the cord to the fastener.

To the attainment of the foregoing and other desired ends, my inventionconsists in matters hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a glove having itsopposite sides fastened by a fastener embodying my invention andarranged upon the hand of a person in a fastened condition. Fig. 2 is acentral section of a fastener embodying my invention and illustratingthe same attached for service to a stripof wood. Fig. 3isa sideelevation of the same. Fig. at is a plan of the same,showin g a portionof the fastener broken away for convenience of illustration. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of a couple of pieces of leather or skin fastened toone another by means of myimproved fastening device. Fig. 6 is a sideelevation, ona larger scale, of a modified form of my improved deviceand a cord adapted for use in connection with it. Fig. 7 is a verticalsection, and Fig. 8 a side elevation, of other modified forms of thedevice. Fig. 9 is a view showing my improved device as applied infastening an awning to the side of a building.

The fastening device B, which I have shown in the drawings to illustratemy invention, involves a post or standard 1, about which the fasteningcord or rope A can be looped, a top or head 3, which is arrangedtransversely to the post or standard 1, and a shank or abutment 2, whichextends downwardly from the top or head 3 on one side of the post orstandard 1 and so forms a recess 4 between the latter and itself.

The post or standard 1 is adapted for attachment to the article to befastenedas, for example, by constructing it with an end portion whichcan be passed through said article and bent up against the under sidethereof, as shown in Figs. 2, 7, and 8, or by constructing it with astraight extended portion which is provided with holes through whichrivets can be passed, as shownin Figs. 6 and 9.

The top or head 3 desirably extends 1aterally from the post or standard1 on the side opposite the shank or abutment 2, as well as on the latterside, in which way the cord or rope is prevented from slipping off fromthe top of post or standard. As so arranged this top or head can be anyone of a great variety of constructions. As illustrative of suchconstructions, it is shown in Figs. 2, 3, et at, in the form of acup-shaped piece made separate from the post or standard 1 and securedthereto in any well-known way. 'In Figs. 7 and 9 it is shown madeintegral with the post or standard 1 or 1 being made fiat in the latterfigure and cup-shaped in the former one. The shank or abutment canlikewise be made in any one of a considerable number of ways. Forexample, it is shown in Figs. 2 and 3 as made of a separate strip ofmetal bent into a substantial loop and secured to the heador top 3 inany well-known way. In Figs. 7, 8, and 9 it is shown made integral withthe top or head 3 and 3 being a bent metallic strip in Figs. 7 and 9 anda solid metallic lug in Fig. 8. In every case the shank or abutment 2 isadapted to allow the rope or cord to be passed under it and lodged inthe recess 4:. In the construction shown in Fig. 2 it is slightlyyielding or elastic, so that its lower portion rises slightly when therope or cord is drawn between it and the article to which the device isattached,and thereby allows the same to pass under it and into therecess. In the construction shown in the other figures it does notextend quite to the article, but leaves between itself and the lat- LILIOO

ter a small space through which the rope or cord can be passed. In thislatter arrangement it will be seen that the shank or abutment can bemade perfectly rigid.

In the method of using myinvention which I have shown in the drawingsthe device B is secured to the article to be fastened in such a way thatafter the rope or cord A has been drawn taut to the device and has beenlooped about the post or standard 1 and passed below the shank orabutment 2 and up into the recess 4 the mouth of this recess 4 will be,in efiect, closed by the connecting portion 5 of said cord or rope. Inthe arrangement shown in the drawings, Figs. 5 and 6, this connectingportion 5 lies close against the shank 2 and crosses the recess 4. As aresult the connecting portion of the rope or cord forces the loopedportion thereof into the recess 4: and holds the same wedged in positiontherein. In this way the cord or rope is securely and firmly connectedto the device B, and thereby held against releasementor withdrawaltherefrom.

It will be seen that the device when used in this way has manyadvantages, among which the following are prominent: In the first place,it is simple and inexpensive. It involves but a few parts, which can becheaply made and assembled. In the second place, it is simple, quick,and easy of operation. The entire operation of making the fasteningconsists merely in drawing the cord or rope around the upright post orstandard and then passing it under the depending shank or abutment, allof which can be done by a single movement of one hand. To unfast-en thecord or rope, it is only necessary to depress its connecting portionslightly, draw its free end out from under the shank, and then unwindthe loop from the post or standard. In the third place, its operation iseffective and unfailing. The engagement of the loop portion of the ropeor cord and the wedging of the same into the recess of the fastener isantomatic and instant. It is not dependent upon any skill or accuracy onthe part of the person operating the device. The cord or rope will beheld fast by the device so long as the two remain intact. In the fourthplace, security of the fastening is automatically regulated to thetension applied to the rope or cord. The greater the tension on thelatter the more tightly will the loop be drawn about the post orstandard and the farther will a portion thereof be wedged into therecess and the more firmly, therefore, will the rope or cord be heldagainst withdrawal. In the It will be further seen that the device iscapable of an almost infinite variety of uses, and to such end can begreatly varied in size, form, proportions, and so on. As illustrative ofits difierent uses, I have in Fig. 1 shown it applied in fastening aglove, and in Figs. 6 and 9 applied to pieces of wood or the like. Thearrangement of Fig. 9 is intended for use in connection withawning-ropes, two pulleys, about which the ropes are to be wound, beingshown in the figure, one on each side of the fastening device.

It will be still further seen that in certain of the constructions ofthe devices shown for instance, those of Figs. 2, 5, 6, and 9the recessis upwardly tapered by reason of the bending orcurving of either thepost orstandard or the shank or abutment, or both. In such constructionthe rope or cord is held more securely by reason of the fact that thefarther it is forced into said recess the more tightly does it becomewedged and compressed therein.

What I claim as my invention isl. A fastening device comprising a postor standard adapted for attachment to the article to be fastened; a heador top arranged laterally to said post or standard and a shank orabutment extending downwardly from the top or head at one side of thepost or standard, and forming a recess between itself and the latter.

2. A fastening device comprising a post or standard adapted forattachment to the article to be fastened; a "head or top arrangedlaterally to the post or standard; and ashank or abutment extendingdownwardly from the top or head at one side of the post or standard, andforming between itself and the latter an upwardly-contracted recess.

3. A fastening device comprising a cupshaped head; a shank or standardconsisting of a metallic strip secured thereto and extending downwardlyand thence outwardly so as to become serviceable as a means ofattachment; and a jamb or abutment consisting of a metallic stripsecured to the head and bent downwardly and thence outwardly so as toform an upwardly-tapering recess.

Signed by me this 27th day of May, 1898.'

PHINEAS F. KING.

YVitnesses:

E. P. I-IoLMns, A. E. WEINBERG.

